Exciting news! After more than a two-year hiatus, I am bringing back my daily JumpStart videos based on popular demand. What is a JumpStart video? It is a couple of minutes of wisdom and insight designed to make your day better than your life brighter. In this very...
In his book “Thanks!: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier,” Dr. Robert Emmons of the University of California Davis cites research he conducted into the powerful effects of gratitude on happiness. A group of students was asked to write down just...
People confuse POSITIVE THINKING with positive expectation. The word positive means “that which is present.” Think about it— positive numbers count items that are present whereas negative numbers count what is missing. Therefore, positive thinking is...
Did you hear about the man who wrote the Bible? That is, the man who sat down and wrote out the entire Bible copying it by hand. How long do you think it took him to complete this monumental task? 10 years? A lifetime? No, it took just over a year and a half of just...
British Philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote, “Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people’s happiness.” To feel that another person does not deserve happiness is a violation of spiritual law. Because we are all of one spirit, whatever you deny...
Something that happens or something that is said to us does not take effect until we compound it with our reaction. Even what we consider “normal” reactions can limit our ability get along well with others. Learn about the woman who trained herself not to...
